British Championship (1949)

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🏆 British Championship (1949)

PARTICIPANTS (sorted by highest achieved rating; click on name to see player's games)
Dennis Morton Horne, James Macrae Aitken, Gerald Abrahams, Theodore Henry Tylor, Leonard William Barden, Stefan Fazekas, Reginald Joseph Broadbent, William Albert Fairhurst, George Alan Thomas, John Arthur Fuller, Andrew Rowland Thomas, Edward Guthlac Sergeant, Harry Golombek, Jonathan Penrose, Alan Phillips, Frank Parr, Leo Derby, David Vincent Hooper, Otto Friedman, Herbert Gibson Rhodes, Alfred William Bowen, Ronald MacKay Bruce, Joseph Stone, Harry Ivor Woolverton, Richard Hilary Newman, Oliver Penrose, Harold Israel, Reginald Walter Bonham, Douglas Eric Arnold Riley, Charles Stanley Hunter, Peter Harris

British Championship (1949)

Played at the grammar school in Felixstowe, England, 8-19 August 1949. Rest day: Sunday 14 August. Number of games played: 16 x 11 = 176. Harry Golombek was British Champion for the 2nd time, with 8.5/11.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 ———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— 01 Golombek +18 +26 +08 +15 =09 +04 -11 +05 +03 =02 =07 8½ 02 Fazekas =32 -30 +25 +28 +07 +09 =05 =11 +17 =01 +04 8 03 Horne =04 =07 -26 +32 +31 +06 +09 +16 -01 +11 +05 8 04 G A Thomas =03 +17 =21 +10 =16 -01 +14 +12 +11 =05 -02 7 05 Bowen +25 =08 +14 -09 +15 +16 =02 -01 +19 =04 -03 6½ 06 A R B Thomas +28 =32 =30 =07 =26 -03 -20 =13 +18 +16 +17 6½ 07 Tylor =31 =03 +12 =06 -02 +08 -10 +26 +09 =17 =01 6½ 08 Fuller +24 =05 -01 +17 -12 -07 =23 +30 +15 +19 =11 6½ 09 Fairhurst +27 =21 +11 +05 =01 -02 -03 +20 -07 =14 +12 6½ 10 Broadbent -26 +18 +32 -04 -20 +13 +07 -17 +28 =12 +14 6½ 11 Hooper +20 =15 -09 +23 +30 +21 +01 =02 -04 -03 =08 6½ 12 Barden -14 +24 -07 +27 +08 =26 +21 -04 +16 =10 -09 6 13 O Penrose -21 +27 -16 =19 =17 -10 +31 =06 +29 +20 =15 6 14 Hunter +12 =16 -05 +29 -21 +15 -04 =19 +23 =09 -10 5½ 15 Parr +19 =11 +29 -01 -05 -14 +28 =18 -08 +21 =13 5½ 16 Newman +22 =14 +13 =30 =04 -05 +26 -03 -12 -06 +23 5½ 17 Israel =23 -04 +20 -08 =13 +31 +18 +10 -02 =07 -06 5½ 18 J Penrose -01 -10 -27 +24 +32 +22 -17 =15 -06 +29 =20 5 19 Phillips -15 =25 =24 =13 =23 +28 +30 =14 -05 -08 =22 5 20 Stone -11 =22 -17 +25 +10 =30 +06 -09 =21 -13 =18 5 21 Aitken +13 =09 =04 =26 +14 -11 -12 =23 =20 -15 =24 5 22 Bonham -16 =20 -28 -31 +25 -18 =29 =24 +32 +30 =19 5 23 Friedman =17 -29 +31 -11 =19 +27 =08 =21 -14 +26 -16 5 24 Derby -08 -12 =19 -18 -27 +29 =32 =22 +25 +28 =21 5 25 Harris -05 =19 -02 -20 -22 +32 +27 -28 -24 +31 +26 4½ 26 Sergeant +10 -01 +03 =21 =06 =12 -16 -07 =30 -23 -25 4 27 Rhodes -09 -13 +18 -12 +24 -23 -25 -29 =31 +32 =28 4 28 Riley -06 =31 +22 -02 +29 -19 -15 +25 -10 -24 =27 4 29 Bruce =30 +23 -15 -14 -28 -24 =22 +27 -13 -18 +32 4 30 Woolverton =29 +02 =06 =16 -11 =20 -19 -08 =26 -22 =31 4 31 Russ =07 =28 -23 +22 -03 -17 -13 -32 =27 -25 =30 3 32 Abrahams =02 =06 -10 -03 -18 -25 =24 +31 -22 -27 -29 2½ ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————
Eileen Tranmer won the British Ladies' Championship for the 2nd time, with 11/11.

Game dates
There are 121 missing games (8 April 2022)
Round 01: Monday 8 August
Round 02: Tuesday 9 August
Round 03: Wednesday 10 August
Round 04: Thursday 11 August
Round 05: Friday 12 August
Round 06: Saturday 13 August
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Round 07: Monday 15 August
Round 08: Tuesday 16 August
Round 09: Wednesday 17 August
Round 10: Thursday 18 August
Round 11: Friday 19 August
Sources
Photo: https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-b6GMz8yo...
BritBase: https://www.saund.co.uk/britbase/pg...
British newspapers at https://www.britishnewspaperarchive...
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Game Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening
1. J M Aitken vs O Penrose 1-0 49 1949 British Championship C71 Ruy Lopez

2. R Bruce vs H I Woolverton ½-½ 28 1949 British Championship A10 English

3. W Fairhurst vs H G Rhodes 1-0 25 1949 British Championship D74 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O

4. J A Fuller vs L Derby 1-0 14 1949 British Championship B02 Alekhine's Defense

5. A Phillips vs F Parr 0-1 37 1949 British Championship A07 King's Indian Attack

6. W Fairhurst vs J M Aitken ½-½ 36 1949 British Championship D51 Queen's Gambit Declined

7. E G Sergeant vs Golombek 0-1 36 1949 British Championship B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation

8. F Parr vs D V Hooper ½-½ 31 1949 British Championship D00 Queen's Pawn Game

9. O Friedman vs R Bruce 0-1 31 1949 British Championship E95 King's Indian, Orthodox, 7...Nbd7, 8.Re1

10. D V Hooper vs W Fairhurst 0-1 42 1949 British Championship B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen

11. R Bruce vs F Parr 0-1 49 1949 British Championship E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto

12. J M Aitken vs G A Thomas ½-½ 24 1949 British Championship C71 Ruy Lopez

13. W Fairhurst vs A W Bowen ½-½ 55 1949 British Championship D50 Queen's Gambit Declined

14. E G Sergeant vs J M Aitken ½-½ 40 1949 British Championship B73 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical

15. F Parr vs Golombek 0-1 39 1949 British Championship A47 Queen's Indian

16. C Hunter vs R Bruce 1-0 40 1949 British Championship B58 Sicilian

17. J M Aitken vs C Hunter 1-0 11 1949 British Championship C70 Ruy Lopez

18. A W Bowen vs F Parr 1-0 31 1949 British Championship D31 Queen's Gambit Declined

19. R Broadbent vs J Stone 0-1 52 1949 British Championship C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

20. R Bruce vs D E A Riley 0-1 40 1949 British Championship A13 English

21. D V Hooper vs H I Woolverton 1-0 27 1949 British Championship D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav

22. Golombek vs W Fairhurst ½-½ 39 1949 British Championship D37 Queen's Gambit Declined

23. F Parr vs C Hunter 0-1 41 1949 British Championship D00 Queen's Pawn Game

24. O Penrose vs R Broadbent 0-1 18 1949 British Championship A53 Old Indian

25. L Derby vs R Bruce 1-0 38 1949 British Championship E67 King's Indian, Fianchetto

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